sweater

See also: Sweater

English edit

A man’s sweater.

Etymology edit

From Middle English swetere, equivalent to sweat +‎ -er.

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈswɛtə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈswɛtɚ/, /-ɾɚ/
Audio (GA) (file)
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈswetə/
Rhymes: -ɛtə(ɹ)
Hyphenation: sweat‧er

Noun edit

sweater (plural sweaters)

A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
Synonym: sweatshirt
(US) A similar garment worn for warmth.
Synonyms: jumper, pullover, jersey, cardigan, wooly
- 1997, “Autumn Sweater”, in I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One, performed by Yo La Tengo:
  We could slip away / Wouldn't that be better? / Me with nothing to say / And you in your autumn sweater
One who sweats (produces sweat).
Synonym: perspirer
- 2007, John T. James, A Sea of Broken Hearts: Patient Rights in a Dangerous Profit-Driven Health Care System, →ISBN, page 29:
  The cardiologist who administered Alex's exercise stress test on August 21 observed during that test that Alex was a profuse sweater.
One who or that which causes to sweat.
- 1906, Chesterton, Charles Dickens, chapter 3:
  We learn of the cruelty of some school or child-factory from journalists; we learn it from inspectors, we learn it from doctors, we learn it even from shame-stricken schoolmasters and repentant sweaters; but we never learn it from the children; we never learn it from the victims.
A diaphoretic remedy.
(historical) An exploitative middleman who subcontracted piece work in the tailoring trade.
Synonym: exploiter

Coordinate term: sweatee
- 1894, New York (State) Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration, Annual Report (volumes 7-8, page 158)
  If the piecework system had not existed there never would have been any sweatees. The men who are sweaters, I am sorry to say, are men who formerly belonged to our union.
(archaic) One who sweats coins, i.e. removes small portions by shaking them.
(UK, obsolete) A London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded passers-by with his sword-point.
- William Lecky, quoted in 1965, Gilbert Geis, Juvenile Gangs (page 6)
  Among them were the "sweaters" who formed a circle round their prisoner and pricked him with their swords until he sank exhausted to the ground, […]

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

→ Catalan: suèter
→ Czech: svetr
→ Danish: sweater
→ German: Sweater
→ Hungarian: szvetter
→ Japanese: セーター (sētā)
→ Georgian: სვიტრი (sviṭri)
→ Korean: 스웨터 (seuweteo)
→ Polish: sweter
→ Portuguese: suéter
→ Russian: сви́тер (svíter)
→ Spanish: suéter
→ Swahili: sweta
→ Turkish: süveter

Translations edit

knitted jacket worn by athletes before or after exercise

Albanian: mitan (sq) m
Azerbaijani: sviter
Belarusian: сві́тар m (svítar), швэ́дар m (švédar)
Bulgarian: суи́тър m (suítǎr)
Catalan: dessuadora (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 毛衣 (zh) (máoyī), 毛線衣／毛线衣 (zh) (máoxiànyī)
Finnish: villapaita (fi)
French: sweater (fr) m, sweat-shirt (fr) m, sweat (fr) m
German: Sweatshirt (de) n
Hindi: स्वेटर (hi) m (sveṭar)
Ingrian: lankapaita
Italian: maglia (it) f
Japanese: セーター (sētā)
Korean: 스웨터 (ko) (seuweteo)
Macedonian: џемпер m (džemper)
Malay: sweater
Maori: poraka
Polish: sweter (pl) m
Portuguese: malha (pt) f, suéter (pt) m
Russian: сви́тер (ru) m (svítɛr), сви́тер (ru) m (svíter), дже́мпер (ru) m (džémper), пуло́ве́р (ru) m (pulóvér), ко́фта (ru) f (kófta)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: џемпер m

Roman: džemper (sh) m
Spanish: sudadera f, suéter (es) m
Ukrainian: светр m (svetr)
Uzbek: sviter (uz)
Vietnamese: áo săng-đay, áo pu-lơ-vơ

similar garment worn for warmth

Afrikaans: trui
Albanian: mitan (sq) m, pulovër (sq) m
Arabic: سْوِيتَر m (swītar)
Morocco: تريكو (trīkū)
Armenian: սվիտեր (hy) (sviter)
Azerbaijani: sviter
Basque: jertse
Belarusian: сві́тар m (svítar), пуло́вер m (pulóvjer), швэ́дар m (švédar)
Bengali: সোয়েটার (bn) (śōẇeṭar)
Bulgarian: пуло́вер (bg) m (pulóver)
Burmese: ဆွယ်တာ (my) (hcwaita)
Catalan: suèter (ca) m, dessuadora (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 毛衣 (zh) (máoyī), 毛線衣／毛线衣 (zh) (máoxiànyī), 套衫 (zh) (tàoshān)
Czech: pulovr, svetr (cs)
Danish: sweater (da) c
Dutch: trui (nl) m or f
Esperanto: pulovero
Estonian: sviiter, kampsun
Finnish: villapaita (fi)
French: pull-over (fr) m, pull (fr) m, chandail (fr) m
Georgian: სვიტრი (ka) (sviṭri), პულოვერი (ṗuloveri)
German: Pullover (de) m, Sweater (de) m
Greek: πουλόβερ (el) n (poulóver)
Hebrew: סוודר \ סְוֶדֶר (he) m (svéder)
Hindi: स्वेटर (hi) m (sveṭar)
Hungarian: pulóver (hu)
Icelandic: peysa (is) f
Ido: jerzeo (io)
Indonesian: switer (id)
Interlingua: sweater
Irish: geansaí m
Italian: maglione (it) m
Japanese: セーター (sētā), プルオーバー (puruōbā)
Kazakh: свитер (sviter), пуловер (pulover)
Khmer: អាវរងា (ʼaaw rɔngiə), អាវយឺត (ʼaaw yɨɨt)
Korean: 스웨터 (ko) (seuweteo), 풀오버 (purobeo)
Kyrgyz: свитер (sviter), пуловер (pulover)
Lao: ເສື້ອຂົນສັດ (sư̄a khon sat)
Latin: thorax lanius
Latvian: pulovers m, džemperis
Lithuanian: megztinis m
Macedonian: џемпер m (džemper), фанела (mk) f (fanela)
Malay: baju panas, baju sejuk, sweater
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: битүү захтай ноосон цамц (bitüü zaxtaj nooson camc), битүү захтай цамц (bitüü zaxtaj camc)
Navajo: éétsoh naatsʼǫǫdii, ééʼnaatsʼǫǫdii
Northern Sami: buser, báidi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: genser (no) m

Nynorsk: genser m
Oromo: shurraaba
Persian:
Iranian Persian: ژاکَت (fa) (žâkat), پُلیوِر (poliver)
Plautdietsch: Woljak f
Polish: sweter (pl) m, pulower m
Portuguese: suéter (pt) m, pulôver (pt) m, blusa (pt) f
Russian: сви́тер (ru) m (svítɛr), сви́тер (ru) m (svíter), пуло́ве́р (ru) m (pulóvér), дже́мпер (ru) m (džémper), ко́фта (ru) f (kófta), фуфа́йка (ru) f (fufájka)
Scottish Gaelic: geansaidh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: џемпер m

Roman: džemper (sh) m
Sinhalese: ස්වේටර් (swēṭar)
Slovak: sveter (sk) m
Slovene: pulover m
Spanish: (Southern Spain - specifically Seville, Chile) chaleco (es) m, (Colombia - also suéter) buzo (es) f, (Chile, colloquial) chomba (es) f, (Bolivia, Peru) chompa (es) f, (Spain standard usage) jersey (es) m, (Argentina) pulóver (es) m, (Latin America) suéter (es) m, sueta f (Costa Rica), suéter (es) f (Costa Rica)
Swahili: sweta
Swedish: tröja (sv) c
Tajik: свитер (sviter)
Thai: เสื้อขนสัตว์ (sʉ̂ʉa-kǒn-sàt)
Turkish: süveter (tr), kazak (tr)
Turkmen: switer, pulower
Ukrainian: светр m (svetr), пуло́вер m (pulóver)
Urdu: سْویٹَر m (sveṭar)
Uyghur: پوپايكا (popayka)
Uzbek: sviter (uz), pulover
Vietnamese: áo (vi) len (vi)
Winnebago: woonąžį zizik

a person who sweats

Finnish: hikoilija
Japanese: あせっかき (asekkaki)
Portuguese: suador m

Verb edit

sweater (third-person singular simple present sweaters, present participle sweatering, simple past and past participle sweatered)

(transitive) To dress in a sweater.

Anagrams edit

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